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piteable (s.xii1)
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piteable (s.xii1)

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  FEW:  pietosus 8,443a / pietas 8,493a Gdf:  pitable 6,178c GdfC:  piteable 10,345c TL: pitable 7,978 / pitëable 7,981 DEAF:  pitié (piteable)  / pitos (pitable)  DMF:  pitable  / pitoyable  TLF:  pitoyable  OED:  pitiable a.  MED:  piteable a.  DMLBS: ∅

a.

1compassionate, caring, kind : 
( c.1136-65; MS: c.1200 )  Heom soffraitos est piteable, Misericors e amiable  Salemon 11811
♦theol.merciful, benevolent towards humankind: 
( s.xii1; MS: 1155-60 )  Kar tu ies, Sire, bons et piteables (Latin: bonus et propitiabilis)  Camb Ps 156.LXXXV.5
2pitiable, lamentable, deserving of compassion: 
( s.xiiiex; MS: 1307-15 )  li douz sires piteables (=J.C.), sicom il pur nus [...] par sa tresgrant benigneté i (=on the cross) pendi, [...]  Ancren2 206.11

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See also:

pide  pitance  pité  piteiance  piteier  pitif  pitiver  pitivous  pitivousement  pitus  pitusement  piu1  piuement 
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piteable